Why we love having a creative marketing agency in Bournemouth

Breakfast surf meetings, lunchtime paddles on the river, evening runs along the promenade and cold dips in between with a wild sauna thrown in for good measure… there’s a reason why many creative business owners call Bournemouth home. 

If you’re a creative entrepreneur or business owner, choosing where to base yourself is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make. Your location can have a huge impact on so many things - the people you meet, your day-to-day operations and it can play a major factor in creativity. 

As a husband and wife team running a creative marketing agency, we’re always looking for fresh inspiration and new ways to tell brand stories. And one of our biggest sources of inspiration is our location. We decided to base ourselves in Bournemouth over 15 years ago. The town offers a powerful combination of talent, community, lifestyle and opportunity, and it’s one of the most popular digital hubs on the south coast. 

Here are just a few reasons why we love calling this place home…

A thriving creative hub

During the last decade, Bournemouth has become a beacon for digital start-ups and creative businesses. Partly due to the university, partly due to the lifestyle balance, the town is booming across a variety of areas including digital media, visual effects, animation, gaming, and digital marketing. 

Top talent

Home-grown creative talent is abundant here with two major universities - Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth widely recognised for their industry-leading courses in media production, digital arts, journalism, animation and VFX. So for creative businesses there’s a steady stream of talent ready to make waves in the industry.  

Lower overheads than London

Basing a creative business in London comes with a lot of costs associated with it including high rent prices. In Bournemouth town centre, rent is generally lower than the capital and yet it’s less than two hours to central London so you can still get in and out of town for meetings. 

Blue mind

One of the biggest benefits to being based in Bournemouth is your surroundings. You’re just minutes from one of the south coast’s best beaches, a stone’s throw from lucrative Sandbanks, and within easy reach of the Jurassic Coast and its famous attractions. Not only does this offer a great work/life balance, but it also aligns with blue mind theory - the idea that being close to water put you into a meditative state and promotes enhanced mental health, wellbeing and creativity. 

For creative businesses that want access to talent, room to grow, and a supportive community — all against a backdrop of inspiring surroundings — Bournemouth punches well above its weight. Whether you’re launching a digital agency, expanding a design studio or building a production outfit, this is the place to be.